Word: indo-china
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...Battleground: Geneva's decision reached out to Vinhyen, 25 miles northwest of Hanoi, where the late Marshal de Lattre de Tassigny had won France's most notable Indo-China victory 3½ years before. At Vinhyen the French were deploying 5,000 men against four Viet Minh battalions, in the last big fight of the war. "The battle for the delta is a good battle," insisted General René Cogny, but his soldiers now knew that their purpose was useless. "All we're doing is wasting ammunition," grumbled a Parisian sergeant, "and maybe...
...greatest of Diem's immeasurable problems lay in the Asian truth that had already brought one-half of Indo-China crashing down into Communism: the Vietnamese who cared were less impressed by the brave intentions of powerless men, than by the ruthless success of the Communists in a faraway place called Geneva...
Favorable Influence. "The armistice in Indo-China testifies," Chou went on suavely, "that the forces for peace are irresistible. No policy aimed at creating splits and forming opposing military groups can have the support of the people ... It is our opinion that the nations of Asia should consult among themselves and cooperate ... in the interests of safeguarding peace." It was an astute, well-timed bid for the leadership of Asia...
...Geneva powers, including the U.S., are honor-bound not to interrupt the Communist conquest of the rest of Indo-China...
Offensive at Home. Yet Chou's victory was secured against a desperate background that Asians-and the West-seemed incapable of understanding. In a very pressing sense, Chou had to Wave peace in Indo-China...